Combined-button hook and coat hanger



(Np' Model.

G. HEILES. v GOMBINEDBUTTON HOOK AND GOAT HANGER.

No. 315,500. Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

N PETERS. Plwloulhographer. Washinglon. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV HEILES, OF, NEW roan, N. Y.

COMBINED BUTTON-HOOK AND COAT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 315,500, dated April 14-, 1885.

Application filed February 20, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV HErLEs, a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a Combined Button-Hook and Coat-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined button-hook and coat-hanger. Fig. 2

is a side View of the same, showing it in position as a coat-hanger and hat-support. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same; and Fig. 4, a side view of the same, showing it in condition I 5 for use as a button-hook.

This invention relates to a new implement which cantbe used as a button-hook, and also as a means of suspending a coat and hat; and it consists in the new combination of parts hereinafter specified.

In the drawings, the letter A represents a rod made of metal, Figs. 2, 3, and 4. showing it in about full size for actual use. This rod has an upper straight portion, a, and a lower bent portion, 12. The extremity of this lower bentportion has a hook, d, formed upon it. The straight upper portion has at its extremity an eye, 6, to which is hinged a bent rod, B. Somewhat below the eye 6 the straight por- 0 tion a of the rodA has a projecting prong or prongs, f. It will beseen by reference to Fig. 2 that the prong f projects from the rod or in a direction opposite to that from which the hook d projects. Below the prong f the rod 5 A has an aperture,g. Through this aperture can be passed the free end h of the bent rod B, as in Fig. 4, in which case the bent rod B forms a loop on the rod A, into which loop the prong f projects. A shoulder, i, on the 0 rod B determines the extent to which its end h passes through the rod A.

In the position of parts represented in Fig.

4 the implement constitutes a button-hook,

and may in this position be conveniently car y ried in a pocket without danger of the prong f tearing the same. The bent part B forms a loop-handle for the convenient use of the implement as a button-hook. The length of the bent rod B is such that when its end h is insorted through the hole 9 the rod B will be sprungthat is, slightly elongated-so as to retain its double connection with the part A by this spring action.

When the implement is to be used as a coat and hat supporter, the bent rod Bis swung over to the opposite side of the rod A, so as to lean against said rod in manner shown in Fig. 2, and the prong f is then pressed into the post or wall 0 until the straight portion a of the rod A lies flush against the said post or wall, it being understood, of course,

that the curved part b should be vertically Q below the straight part a. A coat can now readily be suspended from the hook d, its .weight assisting in holding the implement in position on the post or wall, because the coat hanging on the curved portion d of the implement will tend to crowd the straight portion a firmly against the post or wall, and to thereby retain the prong f in the latter.

A hat may conveniently be suspended from the outwardly-projecting bent rod B;

and hat support, substantially as herein shown l and described.

GUSTAV HEILES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. M. THOMAS, HARRY M. TURK. 

